158 Sanshos Village (1/2)

Wendy, the village girl from Sanchos

In the morning, the adults bring breakfast.

All of the adults cover their faces with a white cloth with holes in their eyes.

I have never seen their faces since I came here, but I never wanted to see them.

But I didn't want to see them.

”Wendy. Gather them in. And eat more than usual.

The adults are bringing more of our food than usual.

Some of them are bringing unusual sweets.

The little ones see this and let out a cry of joy.

Only Lili, who is a little younger than me, is not happy.

'Wendy ....... Why is there more than usual?　Nana's sister just disappeared: ......

Lili makes an anxious sound.

When the amount of food goes up, that's when someone is gone from this house.

When Nana's sister is gone, the amount of food also increased.

'I don't know. Lili. But if I'm gone, you'll take care of the rest.

I manage to keep my voice from trembling.

'Oh no, Wendy: ”Oh no, Wendy: ......

Instead, Lili is about to cry.

'Ouch!'

I'm about to say I'm okay, when suddenly my ears are tugged on.

'What's going on, Wendy?'

Lili looks at me and nods her head.

'Nope. It's nothing. More importantly, Lili. Hand out the food for me, I've got a few things on my mind.

I say and leave the scene.

I can feel Lili's curious gaze from behind my back.

But there was something I couldn't say.

'What's wrong?　Tiber,

I hide in the shadows and speak in a whisper.

In front of me, a small human with butterfly wings flies by.

It is Tiber, the little fairy.

She is the one who tugged at my ear. She must have something to do.

I just met her this morning.

She seems to be magically disappeared.

But certain people, and those with high magic levels, can see her.

She made me look special too.

'Humans!　You have to prepare a meal for Kuroki-sama~. If you don't listen to me, I'll use magic to make you do something terrible~

Tiber-chan says that and sticks out her hand to me.

But sometimes I'm not afraid of her because she's so cute in the first place.

So I feel like I'm smiling when she says she's going to give me a terrible experience.

And Kuroki-san is very kind. So I'm sure Tiber-chan must be kind too.

''Yeah. 'Yes. I know. Tiber-chan. I'll bring some food to Mr. Kroki later. What would you like, Tiber-chan?

I like that sweet-looking pastry~

Tiber-chan giggles as she remembers the sweets.

It's really cute.

I'm sure you'll be able to find it for me. I'll bring it to you later.

'You must bring it properly. Human.

Back to the dining room.

The fact that I talked to Tiber-chan cheered me up a bit.

Dark Knight Kroki.

We ate a meal that Wendy brought us in an abandoned house that was in bloom.

Cereal bread and onions and bean and turnip soup. Baked goods with sweet fruits.

The miasma is so dense in this area that the land is barren.

It should be difficult for crops to grow. But the food is very good for that.

Kuroki-sama. It's delicious. It's very good, even for a human.

Tiber speaks as he eats his baked goods.

I've seen how people live in this world, and sweets shouldn't be easy to come by on the scale of this village.

Tiber shares it with us as much as he can satisfy.

The children of this village will have a pretty good diet.

'Hey, Tiber. Wendy and the kids are living on their own, aren't they?

Well. I'm sure of it. That human female said something about a lost home.

Tiber says with a tilt of his head.

Tiber can't clearly see the difference between human adults and children.

But she said that humans bigger than Wendy don't seem to live together.

Wendy seems to be playing the role of a mother in a lost home.

That's despite the fact that there are adults in this village.

Then I remember what Wendy blurted out about not wanting to be an adult.

'Huh, so that's what this village is about: ......'

I look up at the sky and let out a sigh.

Perhaps the children of the village of Sanshos are the vampires' livestock.

Wendy and her friends will eventually become vampire fodder once they grow up.

That's probably why they don't want to grow up.

It wasn't an uncommon story in this world.

Goblins sometimes enslave humans, and it was said that humans living in the Ogre-controlled territory in the western part of the central continent were also treated as livestock.

In the first place, even humans sometimes enslave goblins. So it's not that either of them are evil.

They're just living their lives normally with each other.

Still, the reason I feel bad thinking about Wendy's situation is probably because we have the same figure.

If I had been in sheep form, I would have been hostile to humans.

And it makes my head hurt to think that much.

The reason I think like this is because I was summoned by the Demon King's side. Rage and the others who were summoned on the human side wouldn't be bothered by this kind of thing.

So, no matter what the race is, I'm going to move to return the favor of one lodging and one meal, no matter what the race is.

That's how I force myself to give a reason for my actions.

''Hey, Tiber. You saw a human bigger than Wendy in this village. What was it like?

From what Tiber told me, the adults in this village are probably servants of the vampires.

Otherwise, Wendy wouldn't be playing the role of the mother.

And the adults who hide their faces don't live with the children.

Thank you, I have a bad feeling about this.

'I was hiding my face - but I didn't feel like it. I didn't feel strong~. Kuroki-sama. They didn't seem to be able to see you either~

Yes.

Tibel used the magic of invisibility (Invisible).

It could only be seen by those with high magical power, or those with breakthrough powers, or those who had been given it.

And if the adults couldn't see Tibel, then there was no one with high magic power.

''I can use Tiber's magic to poach that much~''

Tibel flies happily in the sky.

In fact, Tiber is much stronger than humans.

As expected, her arm strength and endurance are lower than humans, but her magic power is several times greater than humans'.

To begin with, despite their cute appearance, the little fairies (faeries) are terrifying to humans.

They can use powerful wind and spirit magic, and their magic surpasses that of a napier or dryad.

Some humans have been enchanted and died a debilitating death after being circled in the same place forever.

In other words, don't be fooled by appearances.

Among those little fairies (faeries), Tiber is said to be quite strong.

And Tiber considers humans to be a lowly race.

When Tiber followed Wendy, I was a little nervous.